Text: | See Us, Lord, About Your Altar |
Author: | John Greally, b. 1934 |
Tune: | DRAKES BROUGHTON |
Composer: | Edward Elgar, 1857-1934 |
1 See us, Lord, about your altar,
Tho' so many we are one;
Many souls by love united
In the heart of Christ, your Son.
2 Hear our prayers, O loving Father,
Hear in them your Son, our Lord;
Hear him speak our love and worship
As we sing with one accord.
3 Once were seen the blood and water:
Now is seen but bread and wine;
Once in human form he suffered,
Now his form is but a sign.
4 Wheat and grape contain meaning:
Food and drink he is to all;
One in him we kneel adoring,
Gathered by his loving call.
5 Hear us yet: so much is needful
In our frail, disordered life;
Stay with us and tend our weakness
Till that day of no more strife.
6 Members of his Mystic Body,
Now we know our prayer is heard,
Heard by you because your children
Have received th'eternal Word.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | See us, Lord, about your altar |
Title: | See Us, Lord, About Your Altar |
Author: | John Greally, b. 1934 (alt.) |
Meter: | 87 87 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2015 |
Scripture: | ; ; |
Topic: | Devotional; Rites of the Church: Exposition of the Holy Eucharist (Including Benediction); Devotions: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | DRAKES BROUGHTON |
Composer: | Edward Elgar, 1857-1934 |
Meter: | 87 87 |
Key: | D Major |